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Please view my April Fools

missgiggles — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:13:55 -0700

Please view my April Fools idea on the following link:

http://typophile.com/node/46128#comment-282531

Thanks.

What do you think if I used

missgiggles — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:42:00 -0700

What do you think if I used First Footing for my april fools one. I know that April fools day was meant to be the 1st day of the year but it got changed to January the 1st. It could work for both. Hmm...what do you think? It can be seen as a historic event like the titanic or the man on the moon. the Maragret Thatcher one...I had thought of doing my type according to the British flag but then it did not spell out ’MARGARET THATCHER’/ I tried the IRON LADY but my tutor wasn’t too keen on it unfortunately. She was always seen with a handbag (type in the shape of a handbag)...tutor wasn’t too keen on that either.

The First things First manifesto: I have used a humanist font to represent that aspect of the idea and brought out the I S T as it is the front page of my book.

Szabolcs - It is a play on

missgiggles — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:03:39 -0700

Szabolcs - It is a play on the 1st as the common F1rst with a 1 to represent the ’I’ was too obvious.

Chipman: Yes they are random typographic posters celebrating being the 1st for each relevant subject.

I am stuck on my final page. I don’t want to have the usual ’By (Name)’ etc. I want it to be an April Fools joke that leaves the reader laughing. I need it to be relevant to the ’first ’ theme or would the April 1st be relevant enough in it’s own right? I thought of using the San Serriffe April fools joke by The Guardian newspaper as this would be typographically relevant. Do you think I should base it on a BBC ONE April Fools so to continue the ’one, first’ theme? What do you think?

Szabolcs - It is a play on

missgiggles — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 13:02:17 -0700

Szabolcs - It is a play on the 1st as the common F1rst was too obvious.

Chipman: Yes they are random typographic posters celebrating being the 1st for each relevant subject.

I am stuck on my final page. I don’t want to have the usual ’By (Name)’ etc. I want it to be an April Fools joke that leaves the reader laughing. I need it to be relevant to the ’first ’ theme or woyld the April 1st be relevant enough in it’s own right? I thought of using the San Serriffe April fools joke by The Guardian newspaper as this would be typographically relevant. Do you think I should base it on a BBC ONE April Fools so to continue the ’one, first’ theme? What do you think?

Ouch, that’s clearly the

aszszelp — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:51:06 -0700

Ouch, that’s clearly the play on 1st... I was thinking in the box.

Szabolcs

@aszszelp I think it’s

Chipman223 — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:41:12 -0700

@aszszelp
I think it’s meant as 1st. This is the original, here. It was updated, re-published and re-signed in 2000 by Emigre and Ad-Busters.

@missgiggles
I’m still thinking about these posters in series. Are they supposed to be? because right now, we have the lunar landing, the titanic, Margaret Thatcher, and an obscure (to the common man) design manifesto that only a select group would understand. The first two seem to have a form that matches an object, while your newer two are purely abstract. I would rethink how the project works together.

I also second the sentiment on the Thatcher composition. The rest are fairly obvious, and don’t rely on abbreviations. But then again, I’m American, so obviously I want everything to be centered around what I understand ;)

Forgive my ignorance, just

aszszelp — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:18:49 -0700

Forgive my ignorance, just some minutes ago I did not even hear about that manifesto.
Why are the letters IST stressed in “fIrST things first” by colour?

Szabolcs

The Margaret Thatcher is

mr — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 03:13:55 -0700

The Margaret Thatcher is definitely not as easily “gettable” as the other two. It seems like a riddle more than a commemoration, and to focus more on the incidental — the address of the 10 Downing Street — than the central — the Iron Lady is prime minister.

But it’s a great project, and I’d love to see more.

Oh dear! Seems like bodycopy

missgiggles — Wed, 4 Jun 2008 17:57:39 -0700

Oh dear! Seems like bodycopy might be needed. The First things first is the First things First manifesto. The MT, 10, SW1, GB with a female sign (cross like symbol = the FEMALE symbol). Therefore, it equals to Margaret Thatcher, 10 Downing St, Great Britain. She was the 1st FEMALE prime minister in power in the Great Britain. The typeface I have used replicates that of the street signs of London.

I have no idea what the

aluminum — Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:37:38 -0700

I have no idea what the latter two are about, though my hunch is that they are referring to something particularly British?

They are nice compositions, though!

Would you be able to give me

missgiggles — Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:29:05 -0700

Would you be able to give me your opinions on the above. What do you think? Thank you.

What about this one? I have

missgiggles — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:05:51 -0700

What about this one? I have used a Humanist font to signify the subject. I assume you would all know what it stands for. Is it apparent enough?

I’ve done many versions.

Trying to replicate more of a metalic feel:

Trying to replicate gold but fake gold:

The pantone 1 colour:

I am printing on specialist paper that’s white and has a slight irridescent texture to it with a subtle gold tint.

What are your opinions about

missgiggles — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:34:28 -0700

What are your opinions about this one? I wonder if it is apparent what it is about.

For the Titanic, I am

missgiggles — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:19:09 -0700

For the Titanic, I am thinking of using ’women and children first’ so not to give it away so easily. What do you think?

Tiffany, Mans and Eben: I know what you mean by using a pointier 1 as this could help eliminate the contrails at the bottom or I could try what Eben suggested about the contrast of lowercase d’s. What are periods by the way? Please explain. Thanks.

Zwoelf: As this is an A5 book that folds out into an A1, I had to make a decision on whether they were going to be portrait or landscape. I was reluctant to stick to portrait as they could also be displayed as type posters in their own right.

Chris G: I need to sort my portholes out. I am thinking of photographic portholes rather than illustrations. The thing with using colour is that my book is meant to be one colour only (goldish colour to celebrate excellence) and due to that, I have to try and work ways round it as colour plays an important role when trying to convey a message. Otherwise, teh idea of using yellow at the top would have been great.

Chipman: I used the top of an ’O’ for my rocket to sit on but it made it look too complex, thus lacked simplicity. I am still experimenting with my layouts as there’s definitely more work to be done to bring it up to perfection. I will try what Eben has suggested but I don’t know what ’periods’ are. Can someone please explain.

PS Would someone be able to tell me more about the Onyx typeface (titanic poster). I know it was created in 1937 by Gerry Powell but what characteristics does it portray? Is it from the modernist era (by the way...I am no pro, i’m amateur. Please educate me. Thank you.

I think Chris is right, the

Chipman223 — Mon, 2 Jun 2008 07:07:20 -0700

I think Chris is right, the titanic one fits well. Nice choice of typeface. It kinda reminds me of this. Are they supposed to work in series? If so, you may want to think about the color choice between the two. On the first, I would tend to agree with Miss tiffany, the contrails don’t seem to match the typeface. Have you tried maybe making the text the actual lunar lander on a giant MANKIND planet?

Typography work...Does it work? Do you get it?

missgiggles — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:01:19 -0700

It’s a book on the theme ’first’. Can you guess what they are and are they good enough? Or is there more better typographical ways, to convey the message? Please tell me if you think I should sort out my kerning, leading, tracking etc.